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Special Moments for Mother of the Bride

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I feel like traditonal weddings are always geared towards the Father of the Bride more than the Mother of the Bride. I do love my father (step-father) and am so happy to have the special moments that we will share, like walking me down the aisle together. But my Mom is definitely my rock! She is my best friend and has been my number 1 my entire life. So I wanted to do something special for her to show her that I appreciate everything she does for me and my other 5 siblings. So I made a slideshow of pictures of my Mom with me and my siblings growing up. The song that goes with it is "Like My Mother Does" by Lauren Alaina. I'm going to be showing it at my bridal shower that she is helping throw for me. My sister who is my MOH is in on it too. I am so excited for her to see it and she is going to cry like crazy! :-) Are any of you ladies doing anything special for your Mom?
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  • SteveAndSara2005SteveAndSara2005
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    oh my goodness, I'm crying just reading that! That is so special! 
    I haven't thought about anything like that yet, but great idea.. she is obviously going to love that!!
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  • lepoissonrougelepoissonrouge member
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    I love this idea, and totally agree with you on the mother not getting much honor on the wedding day.

    I don't have a good relationship with my father, and he won't be walking me down the aisle. As of right now my parents are still together, and have been married for 25 years, but my mother has confided in me that she plans on leaving him soon. Which I fully support.

    She's an amazingly strong woman and without her I would not be who I am today. I would love to honor her in some way but am not sure how I would do it, hope some other girls have ideas I can steal : ) I will have to think of the feasibility of a slideshow.
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  • snuff9861snuff9861 member
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    We're doing a unity candle ceremony, at the suggestion of our priest. Our moms will be the one lighting the tapers and passing them to FI and I. We may also get his mom to do one of the readings during the ceremony.

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  • magpie87magpie87
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    Since my Dad passed away, I'm having my brothers walk me down the aisle. But I also wanted to share a special moment with my Mom, so I'm surprising her with a Mother/Daughter dance at the reception! I haven't picked the song for it yet, but I've been looking around. I'm trying to find one that won't make us bawl our eyes out while trying to dance, ha ha!

    The Mother slideshow is a really nice idea!
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  • huskerfan246huskerfan246
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    I love this!  My mom was a single parent since I was 3 years old, I am an only child, so we are really close.  I  really want to do something special for her as well, but i'm not sure what I should do either. 
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  • lenergyrlahlenergyrlah member
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    My sister had both her parents walk down the aisle.  I don't know what I'll do to recognize the parents yet.
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  • pockysquirrelpockysquirrel member
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    This is exactly why I decided to have both my parents escort me. I love my dad and want to give him his chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. But my connection with my mother is so much stronger that I wanted to make sure her role in raising me and her role in my life now is (at least) equally honored. I think your slide show is a brilliant idea, and I think your mom will love it!
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  • Olexa1979Olexa1979 member
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    I have two dads, of which have always in been in my life, however as mentioned in a previous post, I have a stong connection with my mom, through the, arguements, and tears, and laughter, she has made me the strong person I am today, so she will be giving me away.  Both my dads will walk my half way down the aisle and then she will take me the rest of the way and give me away!!  :)
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  • RockstarWifey0912RockstarWifey0912
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    My mom specifically told me to not do anything to draw attention to her, although I'd LOVE to do something like this!  Argh!

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  • kitty02katkitty02kat member
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    Rockstarwifey- can you do something for her in private? 
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  • cbear215cbear215 member
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    That's so sweet; I love the idea of the slideshow!

    My mom is my best friend also--I was considering having both parents walk me down the aisle but they are divorced and my dad still harbors hurt feelings, IMO.  I don't want to offend him by taking away a role traditionally reserved for dads.  I haven't decided yet though.

    I've also considered giving my mom my bouqet.  We are not doing a bouquet toss and I thought in place of this I would say a brief thank you, i love you and present the bouqet to my mom.
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